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minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoIf I had a robot, I would want it to stay securely bolted to the shop floor. I certainly wouldn’t buy one from any big tech company.
minus-squareBombOmOm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoI want one that can do annoying manual labor tasks. ‘Remove all the paint from the concrete porch’ would be a nice command. Though, with how well AIs are going lately, I could see it deciding to destroy the front door instead if I were to entrust it with a power tool.
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoOne can design a visual language in which such a robot would present to the user what exactly it’s going to do. Then a user can say a command, and the resulting action would be displayed, waiting for confirmation by, say, pressing a button.
If I had a robot, I would want it to stay securely bolted to the shop floor. I certainly wouldn’t buy one from any big tech company.
I want one that can do annoying manual labor tasks. ‘Remove all the paint from the concrete porch’ would be a nice command.
Though, with how well AIs are going lately, I could see it deciding to destroy the front door instead if I were to entrust it with a power tool.
One can design a visual language in which such a robot would present to the user what exactly it’s going to do.
Then a user can say a command, and the resulting action would be displayed, waiting for confirmation by, say, pressing a button.